Tau WIP Status

[SecureHades]

I cant wait for this, Tau are my favorite faction and haven't had any actions other than LS with them since Dark Crusade. Hope you have luck figuring out all the quirks with them Caeltos ^-^

[Darkbulborb]

If we ever need a Tau introductory video, let me know
(and ofc. if you want me to do it xd)

[Shas'el Doran'ro]

So is this project still going on or what? You said you had a team working on Tau assets?
How is the roster and units coming along? Has there been any progress?
I'd very much like to get some info on this as soon as possible.

[Caeltos]

Funny enough that you would mention that. I just spoiled some early-draft previews of it all in the steam group chat.

It's still in the works, first things first tho. This is more something later down the line. Don't expect it until 2014 sometime.

[crazyman64335]

Funny enough that you would mention that. I just spoiled some early-draft previews of it all in the steam group chat.

It's still in the works, first things first tho. This is more something later down the line. Don't expect it until 2014 sometime.

the temptation to do a video over this is very great. i shall try my best to not spoil it caeltos lord

[TomastheTankEngine]

I am writing a speech manager for the modding for Elite. Current tools only allow us to change speech to other current DoW files. Adding new speech it is nit-picking problem and requires some knowledge of unit/event flags. The program I am writing will allow anyone to add new speech and sounds to the game. We will need it for something like the Tau. We could get away with Grey Knight speech by using space marines but there is nothing in the current speech pool which will work for Tau.

[Jazz-Sandwich]

I believe this may be of some use:

http://forums.revora.net/topic/86707-wa ... ices-list/

A compilation of voiceovers (completely raw and unedited) for nearly every 40K faction. This should also help with any other new unit, including the grey knights.

I've posted this in the voiceover thread, and I know that the guy who organised all the voice acting and the archiving of the results had done so with the intention of covering the needs of generations of modders.

The guy's profile is here: http://forums.relicnews.com/member.php?26652-thudmeizer

He should be happy to grant permissions. Although I'm still happy to offer my services, I'm now aware that my recording equipment is nowhere near... professional level, let's say. So I'd recommend use of some of these. Lag may be the best candidate to performing editing on the files, if asked nicely (as I wouldn't presume to volunteer somebody else for the job). If something you need isn't here, I'm happy to have a crack at it, and we'll see how things go.

[Lag]

I have a "kill me please" period until beginning of December. After that I can fiddle around with editing.

[Shas'el Doran'ro]

Funny enough that you would mention that. I just spoiled some early-draft previews of it all in the steam group chat.

It's still in the works, first things first tho. This is more something later down the line. Don't expect it until 2014 sometime.

Damn, I missed you on the group chat...

I wanted to suggestion converting Tau voices from DoW1 but if you can use these new voices, that'd just be perfect! I hope you make it nice 'n proper, good luck!

[Shas'el Doran'ro]

Errr just listened to the Tau XV88 Broadside Battlesuit voice recordings... To say it lightly, they're not very soothing to the ears.

[Shas'el Doran'ro]

I must say honestly the DoW1 Tau voices are better done than these new ones, but it is of course up to you to decide which voices you are going with, I hope you will choose the Dawn of War Dark Crusade Tau voice overs, as they are very soothing to listen to in my opinion, but again it is your choice.

[Lulgrim]

For the 5000th time, we can't rip assets from old games.

[Orkfaeller]

I'd hope we ( they ) can just borrow the Last Stand Tau Commander voices.

[Shas'el Doran'ro]

For the 5000th time, we can't rip assets from old games.

Aww

[Jazz-Sandwich]

I haven't heard any of the tau voices in that list, but I will repeat that they are raw audio and will need to be edited before use. So if they're sore on the ears now, that can be ameliorated somewhat.

And if the performance is really that bad and we're stuck, I can have a crack at it. Or perhaps Lag would have a better idea. That's a bit further down the line anyway, as I understand it.

[Indrid]

I listened to some of the Tau and Death Guard stuff and it's of varying artistic quality. As said it can be tightened up with engineering, but not all the scripting is quite on point for the Tau from what I saw (some lines a bit cheesy). In my opinion anyway. All in all a very good effort and a great resource though.

[Jazz-Sandwich]

Varying artistic quality is a nice way to put it. I've been through the death guard as well, and the renegade guard. Some... need some work, some are wonderful performances. For instance the renegade guard's psyker is wonderfully delivered. But the death guard... yeah, that was the reason I wanted to do my own great unclean one for UA mod and chaos daemons mod. Papa Nurgle's favoured need to do much more than just gurgle.

But again, if some units need a, ah, re-imagining, then we ourselves can have a crack at 'em.

[Shas'el Doran'ro]

I was okay with the Fire Warrior, and XV8 Crisis Suit voice recordings, however I also listened to the XV88 Broadside Suit (Mk1) and one of the first recordings it sounds like he says "By the Führer" or something, like some World War 2 Nazi Storm Trooper, try to listen to it, I'm not even joking.

So yea I wouldn't recommend using all of them blindly.

[Orkfaeller]

Sure it wasnt something like "by the fire"?

[Jazz-Sandwich]

I can't seem to find the one to which you're referring. But from my (limited) knowledge of tau fluff, could he perhaps have been saying Fio'la? There is a line in the script with that term.

But yeah, I have only just downloaded the tau enclave set. The fire warriors seem fine, but as for the broadside... I don't want to join his 'Gator good'. I've been playing around with editing on those lines, but the oomph just isn't there. The voice actor's delivery was completely neutral. Perhaps he thought a broadside was an AI?

Also, a word of warning to anyone who listens to Shadowsun's lines. Turn down the volume. Ouch.

[fankater]

There will be new generators, turrets and stronghold models for Tau ? For what race they`ll be added ?

[Arsto]

Are you still working on this? Or has the project been dropped?
Thanks!

[Unconscious]

Curious to hear the unit roster if this is still going to take place.

[Ven]

can we get an update with this perhaps? haven't heard anything of it in quite a while.

[Swift]

Might be that Dark Eldar are taking priority at this point, but I am not sure.

[Daddy]

GO GO with DE! ^_^

More exciting than boring tau OP

[Aertes]

Regarding Tau units, I'd make Crisis and broadside squads of 2 models. This leaves them more manouverability, less tracking and pathing problems and fits good with their boardgame profiles to make a hard but not so hard unit.

[Sub_Zero]

Eh, no news. I would love to see TAU